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Should we be giving doctors the right to end the lives of others by euthanasia or assisted suicide? Fatal Flaws: Legalizing Assisted Death is a thought-provoking journey through Europe and North America to find answers to this question. Some 20 years after these laws were introduced, evensome of the most loyal supporters of assisted dyingare questioning where these laws are taking us. The grandfather of euthanasia in the Netherlands, Dr.

In this 2010 documentary, FRONTLINE gained access to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of one of New York’s biggest hospitals. The filmmakers found doctors and nurses struggling to guide families through a maze of end-of-life choices that had become available: whether to pull feeding and breathing tubes, when to perform expensive surgeries and therapies and when to call for hospice. The documentary presented intimate portraits of patients grappling with the trade-offs of modern medicine and the prospect of dying.  

How do you talk about death with a dying loved one? In this moving documentary (54min), Dr. Atul Gawande explores death, dying and why even doctors struggle to discuss being mortal with patients, in this Emmy-nominated documentary. “Aging and dying — you can’t fix those," says Dr. Gawande. This film examines the relationships between doctors and patients nearing the end of life, and how the medical profession can better help people navigate mortality. The ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life — to the very end.   

Doctors and End-of-Life Discussions is a video (8:33min) produced by PBS. The resource is an overview of the importance of providing patient-centered care around end-of-life care communication.

This video presentation (48:13 min) given by Dr. Bruce E. Robinson discusses various opportunities for healthcare professionals to improve the efficiency of comprehensive evaluations of older adult patients. He also reviews the role of comprehensive assessments in developing clinical expectations. Finally, he ends his presentation by discussing the role of the clinicial in facilitating good choices for care of older adults.

Source: University of Southern Florida GWEP, 2016.
https://health.usf.edu/gwep

These ACT on Alzheimer's screening, assessment, diagnosis, and care coordination videos may be useful for care providers of clients who have memory concerns. Using clinical settings and real clients, these videos include an introduction to cognitive screening; administering the Mini-Cog, SLUMS, and MoCA assessments; delivering an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis; and discussing post-diagnostic care coordination strategies.

This podcast series and blog, hosted by nurse/nurse practitioner Melissa Batchelor, PhD, offers infomation on a wide range of topics including alzheimer's dementia, care for aging transgender people, diet and lifestyle, age-friendly technology, information for care-givers, policy and public health, and ageism. This epsiode gives an overview of this podcast series.

Source: Melissa B PhD, 2020
https://melissabphd.com/podcast-blog/

The John A. Hartford Foundation puts what matters to the patient first. President Terry Fulmer says that strategy fights ageism and improves care. In this video, Dr. John Whyte interviews Dr. Fulmer to learn about what matters to the patient first as they get older and develop more health conditions. Dr. Fulmer also TALKS about fighting ageism and improving care for older adults.

In this video, Richard is an older adult who takes 10 medications a day. The older he gets, the more he has to take, and the more he has to manage. It's why experts worry about medication burden so Dr. Nicole Brandt and Dr. Evelyn Mwangi talk about medication and older adults.

Source: WebMD, 2023.
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/toc-aging-well

In this video, a caregiver, Jelicia Harrison, and an expert, Nora Super, explain what is normal memory loss with aging and what lost memories are not normal.

Source: WebMD, 2023
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/toc-aging-well